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Scenes from the Tales of Saigyō

unsigned; hilly landscape with four figures, a shrine in red-orange, and grazing oxen; gold covers majority of surface and is applied in powdered form, flakes, and strips; slivers of silver also present

Date
late 16th century
In our collection
since June the 1st, 2008 up to now
Dimensions
60 × 139 in. (152.4 × 353.06 cm) 60 × 21 1/2 in. (152.4 × 54.61 cm) (image) 65 1/2 × 146 × 3/4 in. (166.37 × 370.84 × 1.91 cm) (outer frame)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Ink, color, gold, and silver on gilded paper
Price
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Composition
zinc11%
cadmium12%
atium27%
copper50%